Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-05
THE FIREWORKS.
4 he Evening Celebratisn at the.
Hay Market.


Abe Evening Celebratisn. AT TN
Hay Market.
| There isuo doubt but many peopl
were disappointed because the seria
display in the afternoon did not com
off, but the success Of the fireworks il
the evening fully compensated for tn
failure of the other which was nst TIN
fault of those in charge. While thu
fireworks in ahe: evening were geEera
success. a good many complaints ware
heard on account of the locality chosen,
for there was no elevation, and the
quarter of town was not the best in the
city. 1t was claimed that if they had
been placed on the hill the smoke would
have drifted down aud obscured them
from view, but from observations last
night there was not enough smoke to
have hidden even the smallest. As
it was, those behind the front
ranks did not have very good view of
the figures, which were excellent. As
early as o'clock the hay market began
to fill up with people and by 8 O'Clock
every available inch of ground was COW
cred with humanity, and as far as the
eye could reach there was nothing but
surging mass of human beings all intent
on the figures awaiting the touch of the
punk. The roofs Of the dwellings for
blocks around were crvered'with people
and the low buildings in Chinatown
were lined with half grown boys and
men, who at times were quite noisy, but
the evening passed off without an acci-
dent so far as could be learned and with.
out any trouble. The Chinese were out
in full force with garden hose and buck
cts of water on the roofs and in the back
yards, ready to put out any, fire which
might threaten their dwellings. 1t was
probably due to their precautions and
watchfulness that confagration did
not result, for the buildings in that
quarter are dry and inhammable and,
had they not beon kept wet the falling
firs would have caught on the roofs.
Several times the fire from the bombs
lighted on the roofs and burned, but
without damage, and after the exhibit
tion was over not Chinaman was to be
seen ON the street. but their doors were
closed as if afraid of some violence. The
assemblage was orderly, however, aad
no trouble, which was feared earlier in
the evening, occurred. There were fally
$4,000 people in the crowd and some
estimates placed the number higher,
but at all events it was the largest as
semblage ever witnessed in this city.
The figurea had been placed at the
Chinatown end of the Hsymarket, and
in front were stretched two ropes, the
intention being to keep back the throDg.
In this the management was successful,
for inside of the second line were nu-
merous police officers, Captain Tyler and
Chief Skinner. The slightest requests of
these officers were obeyed by the crowd,
whose only fault was impatience. The
youths on top of the Chinese shanties
were inclined to frighten those beneath
by throwing fireworks into the crowds.
Fortunately these wrought no damage
and every one seemed to take the mat
ter coed naturedly.
At quarter after eight o'clock the
first piece was set off after the prelimi-
nary sending up of rockets, bombs and
colored lights. The signal for the even
ing's celebration was given by the iiripg
of several different solored
lights. The first piece was
a six.cornered vari colored
figure which was loudly applauded. The
second piece was the only failure of the
evening and this was due to the weakness
to the support which gave way when one
of the operators was on the ladder
throwing him to the ground, but fortu.
nately he escaped uniDjured. The third
piece, q Greek cross, was very pretty
as also was the fourth figure of revolv-
ing arms. The piece containing in fiery
letters "The New State, Southern Cali.
fornia" was greeted with loud applause.
The sixth piece, tree with fiery
branches in different colored lights was q
very brilliant affair aud the seventh
piece, the word "welcome" with cres-
cent on top including red, green and
purple lights was received with consid-
erable enthusiasm. The eighth piece
consisting of several revolving circles
was great success, apd the fiery aero
bat which followed was greeted
with considerable laughter. The
tenth figure was diamond
with revolving circle Of
fire in the center. The eleventh piect
was fountain, from which Roman can.
dies shot forth in great profusion. Tht
twelfth figure was a windmill of many
colors and was very pretty, and the
thirteenth piece was curious in its move
ments, which were circular and come
like inside OF the outer circle of fire
The fourteenth piece was large sta
with o revolving circle of fire in tn
center. Two figures representing franz
houses were the next figures and YER
followed by l5.foot wheel. in the cen
ter of which were two smaller wheels
The immense figure of Washington wa
greeted with bursts of applause and wa
followed by representation of Niagar
Falls, which was excellent. The closin
figure. Good Night" was loudl
cheered, and when its lights died on
the crowd dispersed quietly and goo
humoredly. During the evening fully
hundred bombs were thrown into tn
sky, where they burst and showered
myriads of brilliant colors.
The entertainment closed about half
past 8 o'clock, and it took nearly qual
ter of an hour for the people to find the
way out Of the Haymarket by means {
, the various outlets, which were none tc
|, large for such numerous crowd.
IL Unlawful Amusement.
Peter Hellcrman found time hangir
heavy upon his hands last eveniu
while awaiting the fireworks display q